Basic Color Schemes!

Color Schemes link: http://www.colormatters.com/color-and-design/basic-color-thoery

Primary Colors:  The three main colors that create all others when mixed organically.  Red, Yellow, Blue  (Remember, digitally, light uses Red Blue, and GREEN to make all colors.)

Secondary Colors: Colors created by mixing primary colors together.  (Green, Orange, Purple)

Tertiary Colors: The colors created by mixing those secondary colors together.

Analogous: 3 to 5 colors next to each other on the color wheel.  (could also work with warm or cool colors because of placement.)

Complementary: Colors that are opposite one another on the color wheel.  Colors stand out more, and creates great contrast.

Split Complementary:  Takes the colors left and right of that center (originally chosen color) On both sides of the wheel, across from each other.

Triadic: Three colors that are equal distances apart on the wheel.  If you draw lines to connect the three, it will form a triangle. Distinct contrast, but go well.

Quadratic: Like Triadic, but with 4 equidistant colors.

Grayscale: The values ranging from black to white, devoid of any hue.  The total absence and presence of color, and the subtle values in-between. (I.E. black, white, and a bazillion grays and greys.)

Monochromatic:  (Mono = one.  Chroma = Color)  Uses one color, with a ton of variations in value.  Shades, tints, etc.  Usually some combination of Monochromatic and greyscale designs accompany rough drafts of work when doing value studies.